omelette (redirected from omelettes)

om·e·let also om·e·lette  (m-lt, mlt)

n.

A dish consisting of beaten eggs cooked until set and folded over, often around a filling.

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[French omelette, from Old French amlette, alteration of alumette, variant of alumelle, probably from (la) lemelle, (the) knife blade, from Latin lmella, diminutive of lmina, thin plate.]

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omelette esp US, omelet [ˈɒmlɪt]

n

(Cookery) a savoury or sweet dish of beaten eggs cooked in fat

[from French omelette, changed from alumette, from alumelle sword blade, changed by mistaken division from la lemelle, from Latin (see lamella); apparently from the flat shape of the omelette]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

omelette - beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly omelet dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" firm omelet - eggs beaten with milk or cream and cooked until set fluffy omelet - souffle-like omelet made by beating and adding the whites separately egg foo yong, egg fu yung - omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish

Translations

omelette omelet [ˈɒmlɪt ˈɒmlət] n → omelette f
cheese omelette → omelette au fromage omelette pan
omelette pan n → poêle f à frire

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omelette, (US) omelet

n → Omelett(e) nt; you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs (Prov) → wo gehobelt wird, da fallen Späne (Prov)

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omelette omelet [ˈɒmlɪt] n → frittata, omelette f inv
ham/cheese omelette → omelette al prosciutto/al formaggio

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omelette omelet [ˈɒmlɪt] n → frittata, omelette f inv
ham/cheese omelette → omelette al prosciutto/al formaggio

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omelette

n omelette, omelet [ˈomlit]

eggs beaten and fried sometimes with vegetables, meat etc a mushroom omelette. omelet عِجَّة بَيْض омлет omeleta omelet das Omlett ομελέτα tortilla omlett املت munakas omelette חֲבִיתָה आमलेट omlet omlett telur dadar eggjakaka omelette, frittata オムレツ 오믈렛 omletas omlete omelet omelet omelett omlet omelete omletă омлет omeleta omleta omlet omelett ไข่เจียว omlet 炒蛋，煎蛋 яєчня; омлет آمليٹ، سبزے کے ساتھ ملا ہوا انڈا trứng tráng 炒蛋，煎蛋

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omelette → الأومليت omeleta omelet Omelett ομελέτα tortilla munakas omelette omlet omelette オムレツ 오믈렛 omelet omelett omlet omeleta, omelete омлет omelett ไข่เจียว omlet trứng ốp lết 煎蛋